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Jul 12, 1982 · With air time sponsored primarily by such mail-order record houses as Randy's, Ernies and Buckley's, WLAC changed its daytime fare of news and pop music, aimed at whites, to one featuring...
Jun 10, 2017 · For the most part, music recorded by Black artists were relegated to “race” labels, even though there were notable exceptions. You couldn’t buy records from the likes of a Joe Turner or early Ray Charles at a record store in a predominately White neighborhood, unless you were connected to the store owner and they would special order for you.
Oct 6, 2016 · By 2011, when a popular New York “classic rock” radio station held a listener poll to determine the “Top 1,043” songs of all time, only 22—roughly 2 percent—were recordings by black...
Jul 10, 2013 · The pop charts were dominated by feel-good summer songs during the summer of '63. But there was an alternate reality on the R&B charts, and young white listeners were tuning in.
Feb 11, 2021 · The series reveals the remarkable correlation between Black radio programming and African American culture milestones through interviews, historical airchecks, comedy, drama, and music.
Apr 22, 1995 · Vy Higginsen became New York City's first female deejay in prime time radio on WBLS-FM, which offered the “Total Black Experience.” Under flamboyant program director Frankie Crocker,...
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Jan 26, 2022 · Near the end of “Black No More,” over an aggressive rap beat, a white antagonist asserts that Black lives don’t matter, a perceived reference to the modern-day Black Lives Matter movement.